This is a story about a character named Sam that left home early in life against his mother wishes to see the world. Sam found himself in trouble but went on to become a doctor. Sam never imagined the trouble waiting to accompany him on his journey through life. My Life As A Bird By ARMANDA L. WARREN AuthorHouse Copyright © 2009 Armanda L. Warren All right reserved. ISBN: 978-1-4389-7516-0 Chapter One ONE DAY, WHILE ON A FAMILY PICNIC with my mother and sister Peg, a very bad storm suddenly appeared. Somehow, I became separated from them. Spinning around in the strong wind my wings became so weak I tumbled down and landed on a small tree branch. While sitting there waiting for the storm to blow over l heard a soft voice crying. Looking around I saw a little gray moth stuck under my wing. I lifted my wing to free it, but it didn't move. It looked at me, and said, "My name is Willie, I got lost from my mom during the storm." I told him I was lost from my mom the same way he was, but as soon as the storm was over, we would look for our mothers together. I told him my name was Sam. He looked at me, and said, "Thank you, Sam, for saving my life." As soon as I thought the storm was over, we started out. To our surprise, another storm started, and the strong winds blew us farther away. When the winds finally calmed down I was so tired and weak I could not go any farther, so we landed on some tall grass. After resting for a while, seeing that the storm was over, we decided to look for some food and water. Somehow, we got separated - I looked everywhere I thought Willie might be, but I couldn't find him anywhere. Now I really felt lost and all alone - I had lost my little friend. I held my head down, crying for my mom. I cried for days, running and hiding from loud noises, trying to find my way back home. Then one morning, I heard a loud, beautiful voice that sounded just like my mom. I hid in the branches of a small tree, and peeped to see where the voice was coming from. I saw a beautiful female that looked just like my mom. I wasn't sure, so I decided to follow her. When she left, she flew so fast I could hardly keep up. When she stopped, I couldn't go any farther, and fell to the ground. When I opened my eyes, and looked up, I saw my mom looking down on me smiling, telling me how much she loved me, and how worried she had been, and how happy she was to have found me. I was so happy to be back home with my mom and sister. Life was good again. I often thought about my little friend Willie, hoping he had been lucky and found his mom. The next spring, I decided I wanted to go out into the world on my own. My mom told me that I was too young, and I needed to finish my schooling first. I insisted on leaving, so she gave me some good advice and her blessings and told me to be careful. One early morning I headed out to see the world on my own. I flew most of the day non-stop. I knew I would have to stop soon to get some food and rest. I saw a big oak tree I thought would be a good place to spend the night. I didn't know I had settled in next door to a mother and her new babies, until I heard them crying for food. I knew then I would be awake all night, but l was too tired to go anywhere else. When I finally got to sleep, it was time for me to start back out on my journey. I hurried down hoping to find something to eat, but everything was gone. Then I remembered my mom saying the early bird gets the worm. I knew I would have to find food to be able to continue on my journey. I started flying around looking for food, when I saw this big log near the water. I thought there must be something around it to eat. When I pecked at it, to my surprise, a swarm of wasps flew out and attacked me. They were all over me. Realizing I couldn't get away, I fell to the ground, and played dead until they all left. This was an old trick my mom had taught my sister Peg and me when we were growing up. When I saw the wasps were gone, I got out of there as fast as I could. I knew I was going to have to find food somewhere, so I kept flying around until I saw this big building with large containers sitting behind it. I thought, "There must be food in them," so I circled around and landed nearby. I flew up and looked in I saw all kinds of good things to eat. As soon as I dove in to fill my stomach, the top came down and trapped me inside. I was so afraid I forgot about my need for food, and started trying to find a way out. I scratched around until I found a small hole to free myself. That scare taught me a lesson I will never forget. I felt myself getting weak from the lack of food. I was so hungry I would have eaten almost anything. Just when I thought if I didn't find food soon I might become sick and die, I saw this farm with a lot of cows and a large barn. I knew there had to be food there. I flew down as fast as I could. When I landed, luck was staring me in the face. I saw this deserted ne